Ali Malik's blog

Anyone who believes that Benazir will strike a deal with General on General's terms, tends to ignore the fact that such deal will take away from her the very premise of strength that forces General to strike a deal with her. She will lose her iconic image of a champion of democracy and masses' rights and a symbol of struggle against establishment. Nawaz League is much more likely to strike a deal with General. Even there, Nawaz himself seems steadfast on not compromising. However, a major split in the ranks of Nawaz league is expected if the existing situation persists.

I personally dislike Irfan Siddiqui (Nawa-i-waqt), and I don't agree with anything that he says.. but yesterday the last line of his article was a literary masterpiece and thought provoking. So here it is ... " the nuclear program of Pakistan is trying to hide itself from planets and starts, for it fears that someone might ask him about his mentors. How will he tell them that one of them turned out to be a murderer (Z.A. Bhutto), the other was a hijacker (Nawaz Sharif) and another was a smuggler (Dr. A.Q. Khan)". I detest the way, we have treated Dr. A. Q. Khan and ZAB and Nawaz and Benazir.

Who actually won in Nepal? The people or the status quo? Ultimatly all around the world it is turning out to be a battle between capitalism and democracy. The battle began after the two knocked communism out together. You could have seen it in India with BJPs India shining campaign, BJPs downfall, Congress's rise, Stock market's crash and then an economist at the helm of affairs. We have seen it in Venezuela. And more recently we saw it in Nepal and UAE. Just when China is becoming the new hub of capitalism, the battle is getting more and more intense. Capitalism with conservatism, neoconservatism, and interest groups is trying to eliminate the hurdles that democracy causes in its way. The battle has divided the West for West's ideals of freedom, democracy, human rights and social responsibility are not letting capitalism its way, the way it wants to. So the capitalism has chosen new hubs. Hubs like India, China and South America. The hubs where economic conditions and lack